trace back to

基本解釋

Tea houses in Hangzhou trace back to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279).
杭州的茶館歷史可以追溯到南宋時(shí)期（1127-1279）。
It is one of those words we can trace back to a single person who spun it seemingly out of thin air.
如果追溯這一類詞的源頭，我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)它們就是由某一個(gè)人幾乎憑空創(chuàng)造出來的。
A key characteristic of the design is that it should trace back to elements at higher levels of abstractions (for example, business processes or use cases), including requirements.
設(shè)計(jì)具有一個(gè)重要的特征，它應(yīng)該追溯到更高抽象級(jí)別的元素（例如，業(yè)務(wù)流程或者用例），包括需求。

Arthur Conan Doyle,creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, wrote about Poe's influence on other crime writers: "Each may find some little development of his own, but his main art must trace back to those admirable stories of Monsieur Dupin,so wonderful in their masterful force, their reticence,their quick dramatic point."

All this production capability might still be affected by potential parts shortages that trace back to the Japanese earthquake.
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Photoelectric cells and lasers, nuclear power and fiber optics, space travel, and even semiconductors all trace back to his theories.
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And we see a bit of ourselves, too, because most of our stories trace back to moments just like this one.
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